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TRIMAINE MCCLARTY APPELLANT v.
COURT OF APPEALS
SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS
FORT WORTH
THE STATE OF TEXAS
STATE
MEMORANDUM OPINION1
On July 26, 2010, appellant filed an untimely second notice of appeal from his December 11, 2008 conviction.2 See Tex.R.App. P. 26.2(a). We informed appellant that the second notice of appeal was untimely and gave him or any other party ten days to respond showing grounds for continuing the appeal.3 Appellant filed a response, but it does not show grounds for continuing the appeal.
Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction. See Tex.R.App. P. 43.2(f); Olivo v. State, 918 S.W.2d 519, 522-23 (Tex.Crim.App.1996).
PANEL: LIVINGSTON, C.J.; DAUPHINOT and GARDNER, JJ.
Tex.R.App. P. 47.2(b)
DELIVERED: October 28, 2010
FOOTNOTES
FN1. See Tex.R.App. P. 47.4.. FN1. See Tex.R.App. P. 47.4.
FN2. See McClarty v. State, No. 02-09-00370-CR, 2009 WL 5149848 (Tex.App.--Fort Worth Dec. 23, 2009, no pet.) (mem. op., not designated for publication) (dismissing first appeal as untimely). Mandate has already been issued in the first appeal.. FN2. See McClarty v. State, No. 02-09-00370-CR, 2009 WL 5149848 (Tex.App.--Fort Worth Dec. 23, 2009, no pet.) (mem. op., not designated for publication) (dismissing first appeal as untimely). Mandate has already been issued in the first appeal.
FN3. Appellant's only remedy at this stage of the proceedings is to file a postconviction petition for writ of habeas corpus. See Tex.Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 11.07 (Vernon 2005).. FN3. Appellant's only remedy at this stage of the proceedings is to file a postconviction petition for writ of habeas corpus. See Tex.Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 11.07 (Vernon 2005).
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Docket No: NO. 02-10-00310-CR
Decided: October 29, 2010
Court: Court of Appeals of Texas, Waco.
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